Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity
Publication date:
03/2015
... many of you, I’ve benefited from a number of excellent programs throughout my career. One thing is crystal clear: ...
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Bank of America to Provide Clean Water and Opportunity in Southern India
Release Date:
03/24/2015
Water-related illness is among the leading cause of death in children under five years old worldwide.
Eileen Wiseman Joins The Tow Foundation as Director of Strategic Initiatives
Release Date:
06/09/2015
... She will also collaborate with the director of justice programs to support current and develop new ... experience to create non-traditional cross-disciplinary programs that align with a strategic vision. We...
Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education
Release Date:
08/06/2015
The Bard Prison Initiative will support education and other services that better prepare prisoners for reentry into society.
The PIMCO Foundation Sends Employees to Peru to Build Sustainable Small Businesses with Coffee Farmers
Release Date:
08/26/2015
The project is part of PMCO's Emerging Enterprise Program (EEP) which encourages entrepreneurship and create opportunity in developed countries.
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Awards Grants in New Art & Social Justice Initiative
Release Date:
01/08/2016
The Rubin Foundation named its first 46 recipients to share in nearly $1 million under its new Art and Social Justice initiative.
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NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia: The State of the Schools
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 -
11:00am to 12:30pm
Commissioner Elia took on this role in July 2015 after a career as a classroom teacher, Principal and superintendent, in New York and Florida.
Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/02/2016
Through innovative partnerships and bold approaches, the Bloomberg Philanthropies arts program increases access to culture using new technologies. The chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art discusses the intersection of art and...
Biological Clocks Orchestrate Behavioral Rhythms by Sending Signals Downstream, Scientists Find (Revson Foundation)
Release Date:
03/01/2016
Different groups of neurons program biological clocks to orchestrate our behaviors by sending messages in a unidirectional manner downstream, a team of biologists has found.
Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016
Release Date:
03/22/2016
... our donor-advisors to give locally,” noted Ms. Rossi. “ Programs such as our Community Matters film series, a ...
Citi Foundation and Americas Promise Alliance Announce the Launch of the 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Local nonprofits working innovatively to catalyze career opportunities for low-income youth are encouraged to submit program ideas through May 2, 2016.
Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million for Rural Health Care in Montana
Release Date:
04/11/2016
The awards include $4.6 million to the Montana Department of Health in support of its Simulation in Motion Montana program, which will employ eighteen-wheelers containing simulation learning labs and high-fidelity patient simulators to train rural...
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism
Release Date:
04/25/2016
A multi-year, national online research program on autism, believed to be the largest ever conducted in the United States, officially launched on April 21 with the goal of getting DNA from 50,000 individuals and their families, generating an enormous...
Lawyer Seeking $22M in Final Dissolution of Irene Diamond Fund
Release Date:
05/20/2016
... Irene and Aaron Diamond — wants to give $40 million to programs for the aging. But the money is tied up in a ...
Schott's Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/27/2016
As one of the few Native Americans working at a foundation, I celebrated Valorie Johnson's many accomplishments in the philanthropic sector.
Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowship Request for Applications Opens
Release Date:
07/05/2016
... to interact with colleagues from different disciplines and programs , both online and in person, including webinars, ...
Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
07/22/2016
What makes you a public servant? For the purposes of the federal student loan program, 10 years working for the government or most nonprofits qualifies.
SIFMA Foundation Game Simulates Global Capital Markets to Engage Students
Release Date:
07/26/2016
The goal is to teach them the world of economics, investing and personal finance.
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso
Release Date:
08/04/2016
... energy," said Antha N. Williams, head of environmental programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies, which has provided $80 .....
Minority Business Accelerator Gets Another Big Boost from Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
08/19/2016
The MBA's work aligns well with one of the core missions of the Surdna Foundation, said Jose Garcia, a program officer with the foundation's Strong Local Economies program.